Butler's Andrew Chrabascz blocks the lane on a drive from NJIT's Damon Lynn in the first half of their game held at Butler University on Saturday, Decmber 28, 2013.

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Now the test is front and center, the build-up behind them, their new reality nearing. Now the opponents get bigger, stronger, better. Now the games grow in significance.

Now, this Butler squad finds out what it's made of.

Where they sit now, these Bulldogs have little to complain about, not after another easy nonconference victory Saturday - this one a sleepy 66-48 win over New Jersey Institute of Technology - and especially not after they capped their pre-Big East slate 10-2. ...